Baldwin, Johnson agree on judicial appointments panel

Oshkosh attorney selected for commission

6:35 PM,
Apr. 17, 2013

Tammy Baldwin Baldwin Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI, 5/22-23/12.

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Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson have agreed to establish a six-member commission to recommend candidates for filling federal judicial vacancies in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Federal Nominating Commission will be responsible for advising the senators on nominees to serve on the U.S. District Court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel also will consider candidates to serve as U.S. attorney for the eastern and western districts of the state.

The senators chose three members each from the Wisconsin State Bar to serve on the commission. Baldwin appointed Michelle Behnke, a ...